GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2723, 22 April 1924, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Two youths. (ri'ni'O’i' .lone.' and (leorge Webster, were humid over lor 12 month.' ;ind ordered to pay .t'l costs each, Cor violent eon duct at Dolfor (Montgomery) Parish Church porch. It was said that the boys shouted “So be it" and “Amen” while the service proceeded and smoked arid spat in the building.

Regarding- the depth of snow on Mt. Egmonf, Mr B. H. Horner, of Stratford, writes to the post:—“l have been asked at different times to say what deptli of snow there is on top of Mt. Egmont in winter. Last autumn T took observations with my most accurate theodolite, from Stratford, before snow had commenced to fall, and also this summer. Comparing the results with other readings taken in the middle of winter. 1 have been able to arrive at the conclusion that there was from 18 to 2<) feet of snow. This is on the summit, where the trig is, and the greatest depth found was just after the, heavy fall at the end of June last, when Ihe tracks at the mountain houses were full of snow.” The maternal instinct was strongly exemplified during the progress of a lire which destroyed a shop and dwelling at Northcote. Auckland. An 18-montlis-old Wyandotte hen had made a nest in the long grass in Mr M. TI. Walsh’s hotel grounds, and sat throughout the intense heat from the fierce flames on her sixteen eggs, which were only three yards distant from the burning building. Peach trees and fences a chain beyond her were badly scorched. Undeterred by the imminent risk of self sacrifice, the lien steadfastly stuck to her selfimposed task by remaining and protecting her eggs, which were due to be hatched in a few days. The bird appears to be none the worse for the terrible experience she must have undergone.